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James Graff vice president for STMA

James Graff, co-owner of Graff's Turf Farm in Morgan County was recently named commercial vice president of the Sports Turf Managers Association.

He was installed during the STMA's Conference and Exhibition in San Antonio, Texas, in mid-January. Officers serve one-year terms while directors serve two years, according to a release from STMA.

Graff has grown the turf used in some professional sports stadiums in the United States

Graff's business is "highly automated using the most select turfgrass inputs and the most advanced processes in the turfgrass industry. James has (also) served as an officer of the Rocky Mountain Regional Turfgrass Association, Director of the Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado Foundation, and Chairman of the Turf Producers International/Turf Resource Center Scholarship Committee. He is also a member of the Rocky Mountain Sod Growers Association, Rocky Mountain Golf Course Superintendents Association, Golf Course Superintendents Association of America," according to a profile of him at STMA.

STMA is the professional organization for 2,600 men and women who manage sports fields worldwide.